that threatens to overshadow his legacy n 2010 during a visit in evening lnld, pope benedict offered one of many apologies to the victims of the sex abuse. >> i express my deep sorrow to innocent victims of this unspeakable crime he was also the first pope to meet with victims. but for some of them, his actions came too late. >> no i don't think he did m enough. >> tim loneon is with survivor's network. before leading the church benedict was in charge of investigating claims of sexual abuse. in the 1985 letter to the diocese of oakland, despite hard evidence that father steven kesel was molesting children, he refused to refrock him without further study. that is his signature. he says ratsinger did not act until receiving order from pope john paul ii. >> he was not able to do much. john paul ii tended to be more skeptical about all accusations of sex abuse he says when benedict was elected in 2005, he was more willing to take action against these priests and make it more public. lennon arks bused when he was 13 says he popes a -- hopes a new pope will bring accountability to

papal apartment, where pope benedict is spending his last night as pope. and the mysterious figure looks out on st. peter's square, before, seconds later, those lights go out. now, only hours until the leader of 1 billion catholics steps down and returns to his life outside the spotlight. so, let's begin in st. peter's square with "good morning america" co-anchor george stephanopoulos starting us off. george? >> reporter: diane, history was made here in st. peter's square today. no one has ever seen a pope say good-bye like this.

legislation sometime in march. abc7 news, washington. >> ama: pope benedict blessed a huge crowd from his window. more than 100,000 people crowded st. pete rer's scare. the pope raised hith arms out to the crowd. the sunday blessing is one of the most cherished traditions of the catholic church and this moment is one of his last opportunities to connect with the catholic masses. last week the 85-year-old announced his resignation. he'll step down february 28th. >> some big weather changes are coming our way. meteorologist leigh glaser has preview. >> leigh: hard to tell today because we had temperatures in the 60s. beautiful sunshine. but get rade for old man winter to return. temperatures in the 50s and i'll let you know when the day will come when we see the rain. >> also, political wrangling at the nation's capitol may mean the end of one of san francisco's biggest events. >>> and then, air raids. what a mother is saying about an incident on a claim where she >> ama: a spectacular sight but fleet week may be in jeopardy as congress and the president can't prevent automatic spending

account. it's followed by two million people but vatican radio announced once benedict leaves they'll close the accountmen accountment -- account. >> fda approved a weapon in the fight against breast cancer developed by a bay area company. it's what doctors call a smart bomb against a specific type of tumor. it could be the first in a new generation of cancer treatments. >> the. >> i was dig nieced to my studies. >> a type doctors consider incurable. she under goes chemotherapy and deals with side affects. >> hair loss, nausea in the past. other gismt issues. general feelingqtqe< of ickines. >> she is receiving a new drug designed to attack the cancer without attacking her. trials show it helps fight a specific type of tumor found in about 20% of patients. and according to the doctor who ran this study it makes them as sick. >> in hair loss, limited just very few side affects we have a number of patients whose cancers slung away, some for a number of years. >> for the drug maker there is hope that it could usher in a new era of treatments. >> it's ushering in what is called an

. >> we'll find out tonight. >>> what's next? we show you where pope benedict will live after he resigns. and will one of these men make history as the new pope? >>> good evening from washington, d.c. we are here to cover the president's state of the union address tonight. but we begin with the breaking news at this hour, out of california. police closing in on the former cop accused of the murder rampage. christopher dorner exchanging fire with s.w.a.t. teams. officers wounded, images streaming in of police officers, guns drawn, searching cars. and abc's cecilia vega is there to tell us what is happening right now. cecilia? >> reporter: diane, good evening. the situation is still ongoing. and this is what we know. two officers have been shot and one fatally --

such incident. >> pope benedict saved standing ovation today he celebrated his last public mass during ash wednesday services. the 85-year-old spoke about his resignation. there is no mention of the pope today during mass. there is a possibility a new pope will be selected easter sunday. >> coming up why an organic baby food sold in california was just recalled. the south bay. new reason neighbors and police are still on edge 24 hours later. >> i'm sandhya patel. i'll have a warm up followed by wet weather. don't turn the chabl channel. details coming up. >> and environmental activists stay on co5uj?jw and their fight to keep golfers off sensitive fairways. stay with us. the news continues here in just a momen >>> unbelievable. police back in a home in santa clara today, detonating powerful bombs. they were discovered inside of a home yesterday. the chp went interest tl to serve a search warrant and describes the house just a mess. officers today were worried it may have been booby trapped and searched every corner of the property. they arrest aid homeowner a 45-year-old everett bashma